May 2009 Iyar-Sivan 5769 Vol. 56, No.6 FROM THE RABBI'S STUDY RABBI DAVID A. UPPER

t is hard to believe that after eight years, I began my tenure here with a sermon where I shared my I this is my final article for the WINDOW. favorite bible verse. It remains "where there is no vision ... Later this month, for Confirmation, I shall ascend the Bimah the people perish (Pr. 29: 18)". Who creates the vision of for my final service. I made a personal commitment to the the community with which you want to belong? Do you students in this year's class that I would be there for them. abrogate that responsibility or do you use the experiences I am very proud of Jenna Baker and Ben Cutler, our small of the past years to seize the moment and become, as I but mighty leaders of the future. You should come and related last month "the master of my fate and the captain of celebrate with them on May 28 at 7:00 p.m. my soul?"

I have thought long and hard about what my final words Temple needs passion, not reservation or resignation. should be to the members of the congregation. In my first Temple is much larger than any Board of Trustees congregation, I had this conversation after delivering my first or committee. Temple has been a force in Akron for 144 sermon as a newly ordained rabbi. My senior colleague years. It has endured great challenges before and thrived expressed to me that in his final sermon, he would say "get when people of conscience awoke and grasped the mantle good memories!" That would be his message. I think that of leadership. It takes passion and purpose. Find it in memory is important. So much of our tradition is built on your life. the concept of remembering. But I think that I want to say \ more than that. From my Texas roots, Via con Dios ... Go with God!

You need to find Jewish passion in your life. Our community Shalom, has become passionless. Decisions are made, changes come, Rabbi David A. Lipper what we thought to be permanent is relegated to the past. We need people with passion. Where is the fire in the Jewish belly? Have we become so jaded and disenfranchised that we have no passion for righteousness any more?

Beyond memory, we need souls afire with the spirit offaith and the desire to make an impact Jewishly in this commu­ nity, ifnot for yourself, then for your children. Those of us who are old enough to remember the struggles in the civil rights era and then the commitment to redeem the of the USSR, should know that change that we believe in will not come by standing idly by while the world moves on. We are 5 the inheritors of that social passion. Many of us created BrotberboedlSlster that movement. This next generation needs that modeling Nominating Committee 6 from us. Honorable Mentschen 7 I look out at our congregation and see a sea of individuals or families with little to bind you to each other. Beyond dues to Caring Community 8 Temple and children's activities or the occasional class or service, Judaism needs to be more present in your life. You YahrzeitslDeaths 9 need to feel the passion that enabled our people to stay strong through dark times and good. The generation that is just Book Group 10 beginning its Jewish journey needs to see that commitment Contributions 11 ~om their parents and grandparents. Calendar Back Cover

Window is published eleven times per year. Deadline for articles is the 10th 330-762-8617 of the previous month. Send all items for publication to the editor bye-mail www.templeisraelakron.org at [email protected] or to Temple Israel. [email protected] FROM THE PRESIDENT

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___• Mitzvah Day 1. The Akron Canton Regional Food Bank 2. The Battered Women's Shelter 3. Interfaith Hospitality Network Temple Israel has established a tradition of sponsoring an 4. Safe Landing annual Mitzvah Day which benefits needy individuals and 5. Boys and Girls Club of Summit County organizations. For several years, Temple Israel congregants 6. ACCESS have worked on numerous projects with help from members 7. Projects on site at Temple Israel of other syn.agogues and churches. We have performed good deeds and sImultaneously enriched our own lives. Mitzvah W~ l!1ay ide~tify additional projects in the coming weeks. Day occurs in many cities all over the country. Some It IS ~mperatlve that people decide to participate as soon as congregat~ons have. multiple Mitzvah Days throughout the pOSSIble. Posters and sign up sheets will be on display in the year. The JOY of domg a good deed is social action at its Temple ,lobby .. We need to determine how many people are best. It brings us together with a common purpose and able to help WIth the identified projects. brings hope to those in our community who are dependent on the help of others. It brings the members of our congre­ We want to build morale. We want to teach our children the gation closer with a single purpose. In the past we have importance of ethics. We want to lead by example. performed land~caping work at Hospice and at Open M and we ~ave spent hme at Chambrel doing craft projects with So please com~ and join us on June 28. Help us perform seD:lOrs. hav~ made blankets for young people at Akron ";Ie projects that WIll benefit our community and bring Temple ChIldren s HospItal, and last year we focused on projects at Israel members closer together. our three local . Bring your family, and I hope that you will all experience This year our Social Action committee has selected June 28 personal fulfillment and enjoyment from helping others .. as our annual Mitzvah Day. The committee has decided to ha~e congregants from Temple Israel, the Unitarian Univer­ L'Shalom sahst Church of Akron, and S1. Paul's Episcopal Church Art Krakauer work .togethe~ at local not-for-profit agencies. At 9:00 a.m. , we WIll meet m Temple Israel's social hall and disperse into groups to work at the following organizations:

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2 MOTHER.S DAY BRUNCH

MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH SUNDAY, MAY 10 9:30 A.M.

Don't disappoint mom and the family ..... Plan on attending our annual Mother's Day Brunch! You can look forward to a new and improved menu, "magical" entertainment and a performance by the ETC Show Choir. To top it off, you will have the opportunity to bid on silent auction items .... and of course, CASH PRIZES as well!

Price is $150 for two guests .... Your support of this event will help YOUR Temple by funding the Gertz Educational Fund and other worthwhile projects.

For questions or tickets please contact Michael Segal at msegal51 @aol.com or by cell phone at 330 256-3786.

Looking forward to seeing you on Mother's Day at 9:30 A.M.

50 YEAR MEMBER RECOGNITION CONRRMA11ON

Temple Israel Honors Fifty-Year Members

Let's turn back the clock to 1959. Castro seized power in Cuba, Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states, the Barbie doll debuted, the Jenna Ma~orie Baker Benjamin Michael Cutler Oscar for the best picture went to Daughter of Audrey and Paul Baker Son of Robyn and David Cutler Ben-Hur and the LA Dodgers won the World Series. Morton Applebaum was the rabbi of Temple Israel and, most Temple Israel Confirmation Class importantly, some of you were Temple Israel members.

On Friday, May 15, Temple Israel will honor its fifty year + members. Services are at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner. There is no cost for the Shabbat Shelly dinner, but please make sure to RSVP to the Temple office. Please bring a current picture of yourself or from 1959, so that we can display all Rabbi David Lipper Cantor Jason Rosenman of them on a table that evening. 2 008-2 00j' 57bj'

Confirmation Service Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. Temple Israel The congregation is invited to attend the service and reception ..

3 GEDAUAH GERTZ EDUCAnON CENTER May Events as School Ends Kol Dichfin Yeitev Vyeichol for the Year Let all who are hungry come in and eat!

th Friday, May 8 is the 8 grade Shabbat Our students packed 200 brown bag lunches for the St. Bernard's Church Lunch and All School Family Dinner. The meal Program as part of a Passover lesson teaching about feeding the hungry and is at 6:00 p.m., followed by Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m. Eighth graders will cleaning out chametz prior to the start of Passover. lead the service. The Siff A ward will be presented to an outstanding 8th grader. Thanks to our dedicated teachers and parents for their valuable help with this huge project. The last day of Hebrew School will be May 13, and the last day of Sunday School is May 17. The 8th graders will present their completed project to Temple that night.

The last day of Sunday School is also the day student and teacher awards will be given out.

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4 BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD ACTIVrnES

BROTHERHOOD'S A special Sisterhood event: A visit to the Charlotte PROVIDE A RIDE PROJECT Goldberg Community Mikvah on March 29, 2009

Brotherhood is offering a provide a ride For many Jewish women, keeping mikvah-immersing themselves in natural service for senior members who can't get flowing water-is a private matter. The origin of the mikvah goes back to transportation to services. The service is thousands of years ago in Biblical times. The word mikvah is Hebrew for a available for the 7:30 p.m. services only "gathering" ofmayim chayim, or "living water." In Judaism, water is a symbol during the month of May. oflife, for we can't live without it.

Please call Larry Roth at 733-4446 by Most of us have thought that going to a mikvah was only for orthodox Jews, to Wednesday so transportation can be observe the laws of family purity, or if you had converted to Judaism. After our arranged for Friday. trip to the mikvah, we realized there are many reasons that one may choose to go to a mikvah other than the usual ones.

We learned that women may go to a mikvah right before the high holi­ days,before giving birth, after having a baby, before getting married, after get­ ting a cancer diagnosis, going into remission from cancer, and after getting a divorce. There are many different prayers and blessings to say for different occasions. The mikvah is a symbol of spiritual cleansing, transformation and renewal. The mikvah represents change-from single person to married, from non-Jew to Jew, from unhealthy to healthy, from unkosher to kosher, etc.

SISTERHOOD LUNCHEON For the four of us who toured that day, even though we didn't immerse ourselves in the mikvah, we could feel the spirituality from just visiting this For the first time, Temple Israel Sisterhood special place. Temple Israel is part of the Charlotte Goldberg Community transitioned from traditional dues to the Mikvah. Therefore, our congregants are welcome to use this mikvah. new trend of a tiered dues structure. We Donations are recommended at $50.00 for most occasions. To schedule an plan to continue this in the future. appointment call 216-371-2244 ext 135. To thank our members for joining in the past year, we held a Sisterhood Appre­ ciation Luncheon on April 26, followed by a dynamic speaker, psychologist Dr. Jane Lehr Eckert, who spoke to us about a new level of wellness: balancing and strength­ ening our energy system. We learned relaxation strategies to renew our positive energy. A healthy body was in mind for the delicious lunch that was served. Look for pictures in the next Window of this wonderful Sisterhood event chaired by Audrey Baker and Carol Friedman. At the mikvah The Fairmount Martini Bar

Kudos to De Friedman. Sue McMains, Janet Fisher, Teresa Weinberger, Audrey The Charlotte Goldberg Baker and Carol Friedman for assembling Community Mikvah and mailing the invitations. Gratitude to Celebrates Ten Years Teresa Weinberger who designed the Zenlike tablesettings. The event is entitled Mayim L' chaiml Living Waters and will honor the If you would like to be a part of Sister­ main benefactor, Charlotte Goldberg. hood's many committees and positions for Mark your calendars for Sunday, 2009-2010, please contact Beth Sugerman August 30, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. at [email protected] or by calling until 12:00 noon at Kangesser Hall, (330-836-0416). We are currently planning immediately adjacent to the Commu­ our calendar with varied events that would nity Mikvah. Brunch will be served. appeal to many interests. If you have an idea, please let Carol Friedman know at Passover shopping was popular! [email protected](330-671-5041).

5 NOMINAnNG COMMITTEE 2009 Nominating Committee Stay Connected to Temple The members of this year's nominating committee include: IIsrael through email

Michael Neumann, Chair-Immediate Past President; Have you been receiving lots of information David Adler, Michael Cohen, Renee Pinsky, Brian Sass and from Temple Israel via your email lately? It is a very Janet Silverman. efficient way to easily reach many members at one time.

A proposed slate of officers and board members for 2009- Marti Adams, Chair of the Marketing Committee, has 2010 will appear in the next WINDOW. been creating our email announcements until recently. Information and Technology Committee Co-chair, Bruce Zake, has recently assumed this responsibility and has worked to update our temple email list. To do this, Bruce has been using the temple database, the surveys some of you filled out last fall during the High Holidays, and Marti's list.

If you have not received any email announcements from Temple Israel, please email Bruce to add yourself to the list at [email protected]. Please copy the Temple THANK YOU NOTE Israel office in your email [email protected] so that we can update the temple database.

We would like to thank everyone for your contributions Thank you to Marti and Bruce for the wonderful job they th and good wishes in honor of 50 wedding anniversary. have been doing to keep our members informed of news You have helped to make our lives sweeter by thinking and activities at Temple Israel. of us.

-Lani and Larry Rothstein

DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME SHABBAT SERVICES ARE IN MAY? ANNUAL MEETING AND DINNER WHAT SPECIAL EVENTS Mark Your Calendar for June 9 ARE COMING UP THIS

The congregation's Annual Meeting and Dinner will MONTH? take place beginning with the dinner at 6:00 p.m. on BE SURE TO LOOK AT Tuesday, June 9. The meeting and election of officers and board members for 2009-2010 will take place at THE CALENDAR the 7:30 p.m. meeting. ON THE BACK PAGE Please be sure to join us for this event. More details OF THIS ISSUE. will follow in the June WINDOW.

6 Mazel tov to Karen and Manuel Nackes on the accomplishments of their son, li~YII + You $ for Stuart Levey, who is the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in the Department of the Treasury. As such, he is the top counterterrorism No C ost F undraiser! official. He had the position in the Bush Support the Giant Eagle/Temple Israel administration and is continuing with the Obama administration. Fundraiser

Stuart will receive the American Jewish Committee's Award for Distinguished Public Service at their 103 rd This is a fundraiser that will not cost you more than you are Annual Meeting being held May 6-8 at the Capital Hilton already spending. In the length of time it takes to write a Hotel. He is being honored for his unsurpassed contri­ check, you will have made a donation to Temple Israel. bution to a safer world by his exemplary leadership role in the effort to stop Iran from pmsuing its nuclear program A $200 Giant Eagle gift card purchased once a month for a and for protecting the free world from the threat of terror. year by 200 congregants will raise $24,000 a year for Temple Israel. The Temple will receive 5% of each gift Congratulations to Kathy & Jim Wade of Allendale, card purchased. Giant Eagle gift cards are available in Michigan, on the birth of their first grandchild, Caleb larger and smaller amounts. Funds earned will go toward James O'Brien. Born on April 8 to Tom & Samantha balancing Temple Israel's budget. Contact Susan Sigalow O'Brien of Mayfield Heights, he weighed 6lbs. 14 oz. and for more details. was 19-1 /4" long. His other grandparents are Bill & Clare O'Brien of Novell, Ohio.

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Congratulations An Allison review: New Music CDs in the Ellis Island by Elaine Lantlllll to Our Librarian (grades 2-4) Temple Library Include:

Our librarian, Allison Both the juvenile genealogist and the -Celebrate With Us: Shabbat, Chanukah, young historian will uncover many Marks, has been accepted as a Passover useful facts and interesting statistics volunteer reviewer of children's -A Chanukah Celebration: Songs for the books for the Association of Jewish between the boldly colored covers of Elaine Landau's Ellis Island. Festival ofLights by The Angel City Chorale Libraries. Her reviews will appear -Cycles and Symbols by Mark Childs in the publication of their quarterly Primary-school-age scholars will learn the main reasons their ancestors -Ha Makom: The Place by Stacy Beyer newsletter that is received by emigrated to America, the details of -The Hanukkah Lounge by Craig nCo. synagogues and Jewish libraries the ocean passage, the physical layout -Hineni by throughout the United States and ofEllis Island, the step-by-step immi­ -Koleinu:Great Performances ofJewish Canada. With each selected book gration process, and the effect immi­ Choral Music review that Allison does, our library gration quotas had on the facility. -One Little Dot by Beged Kefet Archival and contemporary photo­ will receive a copy of the book for -The Passover Lounge by Craig nCo. our library collection. graphs are liberally sprinkled through­ out the easy-to-read text. The book -Prayer Songs by Bat Kol -Sabbatical by Joe Black Congratulations, Allison. also includes a short timeline providing a brief history of the immi­ - Greatest Hits, Volumes III & IV gration center, a map depicting -S'Fatai Tiftach (Open Thou My Lips) by emigration flows, a bibliography for Aminadav Aloni further reading, a glossary ofbold­ -Shabbat Anthology, Volume IV: Mishkan faced words, an index, and a list of T'filah organizations and websites from which -The Shabbat Lounge by Craig nCo. to obtain more information. Judaic -Shalom Israel: A Musical Companion to My librarians will welcome this fresh and Cousin Tamar Lives in Israel updated book about the historical site that played an important role to many -The Songs We Sing by Sam Glaser Jewish-American families. -Soul Food by Beat'achon -Soul of the Sabbath: Shabbat Zemirot by The Zamir Chorale of -A World Fulfilled by Benjie Ellen Schiller

7 ANNE ZOSS CARING COMMUNITY FUND May 2009 Report During these challenging financial times, congregants and our neighbors may be in need of: Co-Coordinators: Carol Blum and Eileen Schonfeld Food and energy assistance Caring Community donated unifonns, coats, jackets, scarves, hats gloves, boots, backpacks, and healthy snacks • Food: Call Info Line at 330-376-6660 Monday- Friday to students at Leggett Elementary School in Akron. from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. They will help locate your • local food pantry and inform you of the procedure for FREE RIDES: With the help of City obtaining a thirty day food supply. Yellow Cab Company, Caring Community • Heat: Call 866-504-7400. This number is available 24n. will offer free rides to senior citizen and they will assist low-income families and help prevent congregants and members in financial disconnecting an energy source for heating homes. need to: • Temple religious services and Temple DONATIONS: Israel events • Appointments to doctors, nurse practi­ Helen Paige and Rich & Lori Josephson tioners, therapists and rehabilitation • For Carol Blum's recovery from surgery sessions, hospital and hospice (only in Summit County) Carol & Eric Blum and Family • For Andrea Steinberg'S recovery from surgery 1. Call City Yellow Cab at 330-253-3141 for a ride. • In honor of Hanna (Blum) Lemerman's graduation from 2. Charge it to the "Caring Community" account. The Johns Hopkins Medical School 3. For further information, call Carol Blum at • In memory of Carolyn Lockshin 330-668-2461. • In memory of Leila Muakkassa, mother of Kamel Muakkassa MEDICAL DEVICES: Caring Community will lend • In memory of Eleanor Lippman you medical equipment such as walkers • In memory of Pearl Pomerantz, aunt of Carol Blum and canes (stored at Temple Israel). We welcome donations of medical Caring Community Committee equipment- wheelchairs, shower seats, • In honor of Eleanor Lippman's generosity and support of etc. Contact Michael Hood at Caring Community 330-762-8617 to arrange for the • In honor of Stacy Mirman' s engagement medical equipment loan. Caring Community needs your support! Volunteers are always needed for various projects, Call either Carol Blum or Eileen Schonfeld to get involved.

Please send your donations to:

Make plans Anne Zoss Caring Community Fund to join us do Zippy Silverrman Friday, May 29 508 Haskell Dr. at 6:00 p.m. Akron, Ohio 44333 for "Shabbat in the Park" in Sand Run Park. TO ADVERTISE IN THE ~~'P n=~ WINDOW, s},,,H,,, .1;&,,/,,,, ! CONTACT THE TEMPLE ISRAEL Details will follow. OFFICE OR PHYLLIS KOMEROFSKY, WINDOW EDITOR.

8 yAHR2Eit OBSERVANCES FOR APRIL 2009

May 1 MayS May 15 May 22 May 29

Peter A verbukh Lawrence Adams Rebecca Bear * Ida Pauline Agins Samuel Arkin James J. Barnett Dr. Morton Agins Estelle S. Cohen * Albert I. Backer * Beatrice Berger * Miriam Bateman Robert Clar Walter M. Cohen ** Alice W. Backer * Louis Berger * Dr. Adrian Diamond Dora Cohen Lena Felstein Annette Barnett * Sidney Chuven Leah Frank ** Dr. Stanley B. Epstein * Alfred P. Friedman ** Philip L. Bear * Hyman Cohen Lena B. Freeman ** Irving Fortnoff * Anne Frost * Zelda Cohen Melvin Cohen Myer Friedman ** Charlotte Friedman * William Goldenberg Jacob Deutchman Fanya Eydelman Sadie Friedman ** Richard S. Garson * Yetta Goodman Morris Evans * Cecile Evans Fineman * William I. Guggenheim Dorothy Green John Saul Granatstein * Rebecca Evans * Harry Fisher Russell Horowitz Jennie Gross Max Heinick Ida Friedman Benjamin Friedman Melva S. Isroff Theresa Herrman Jeanette Hirsh ** Dr. Myer Jacob Gibans * Carol Lee Friedman Rose B. Kalmon * Ethel L. Kaplan * Naomi Isroff Daisy Giller Jennie Garfinkel Charlotte Kaplan * Stanley Katz Ira Jacobs * Rochelle Godshall Rose Goldman Joyce Kroll Sherman Klein Ben Kahn Anna G. Greenbaum * Glazman * Marion Levinson Sylvia Koch Dr. Jacob C. Kaplan * Martin Gross Dr. Nathan G. Gordon * Pearl G. Liberman Walter Krohngold * Bessie Kellerman Jeanette Guggenheim J. William Greenberg * Freda Migdal Jack Kutnick Frederick Koppel Florence R. Harris Sylvia Henkin * Robert D. Moss * David Leopold ** Esther Liberman * Selma Huntman Julia Herz ** Reuben R. Pliskin * Florence Leopold ** Margaret M. Lippman * Sarah Kloner * Sylvia Hom Bertha Sass Harry E. Leopold * Anna Meyer * Margaret C. Koller * Dr. Henry Kretchmer Helen Schwartz Joseph Leopold ** Florence Newman Lewis B. Koplin Ralph Leeper * Abe J. Sokol Raquel Levy Harry L. Raab * Dean Korach Irving May * Bertha Umansky Louis Lippman Mildred Rairick Hannah Kraus ** Jeanette Meyer * YosefYacobi Jack Lober Ronald W. Rosen Ruth E. Leopold * Charlotte Miller Edith Zaostrovskaya Denise Sabet Master Ann Ross Marion Goldman Levin * Eli Neiman Sylvia "Zelda" May Nettie Roth Julia Liberman Sonia Pliskin * Louis Rebeck * Elias M. Salzberg * Solvin Lippman Doris Rich Fannie Rosenblatt * Rose S. Schultz * Emma Loewy ** Belle Heimlich Segel * Sandra Sobel Schiff * Elizabeth Weltman Shifrin Alexander M. Morris * Julius E. Siff * Lillian Schmitman Joseph Sicherman ** Herman Lewis Nathanson May Sigalow Marble plaque Nathan L. Schmitman Sis Perilman * Fae Sugar * ** Stuart Schott Bertha Taras * Brass plaque Jay Steven Pinsky * Irving Shaw Harry Podolny * Glenore Lillian Taylor * Theona Solomon Yetta Rogovy * Betty Weintraub Saul Sugar Alberta Sampliner-Gerson Henry Wolfson Ethel Whitelaw Weiss ** Bessie Siplow Ruth Ann "Tudy" Wise * Burton L. Sloan Eudyce Weinberg Sonders * Rose W. Stem * WE REMEMBER Kenneth Weinberger * Belle Weisberger * * Eleanor Lippman, mother of Rochelle Barash, Anita (Bob) Samuel, Jeanette Willdman Joel (Kelli) Barash; stepmother of Louis (Sharon) Mirman and Riva Mirman; grandmother of Saul Barash, Mae (Sean) Wagner, Jayna and Rory Mirman; sister-in-law ofIrv Katz.

* Michael C. Beck, brother of Teresa (Mark) Weinberger; uncle of Allan and Gina Weinberger.

* William Sillins, father of Laurel (Barry Greenberg); grandfather of Diana and Shelley Greenberg.

* Lou Rottenberg, uncle of Scott (Elaine) Jaffe and Andrew (Pamela) Jaffe.

* Pearl Pomerantz, aunt of Carol (Eric) Blum

* Harvey Winer, father of Stacy (John) Shulan, grandfather of Tori Shulan.

9 BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP SUMMER KALLAH Monday, May 4 at 1 :00 p.m. in the A Possible Summer Learning Experience Temple Library Dear Temple Israel, PLEASE NOTE THE MONDAY DATE INSTEAD OF THE USUAL TUESDAY DATE. I am writing with some exciting news. ALEPH, the Alli­ ance for Jewish Renewal is holding its 13 th biannual Inter­ The book to be discussed is Sarah's Key national gathering June 29 - July 5, 2009, at Ohio Wesleyan by Tatiana de Rosnay. University this summer. Close to 800 Jews from all over the world will gather for workshops, classes, dancing, singing, Northwest/Ayres Branch Library has davenning, schmoozing and more. The theme of this sum­ only two copies on reserve. mer's conference is Living in the Light of G-d: Making Every Day Holy and includes programs for all age groups This is a historical novel about the and all backgrounds. If you are an activist, environ­ French behavior toward the Jews in mentalist, Torah novice or maven, interested in Kabbalah, World War II. Bibliodrama, Torah trekking, movement, arts and crafts, please, check out our programs and brochure at Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old www.aleph.org/kallah.htm. girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel ' d'Hiv ' roundup, but not before she locks her We know there will be much for you to gather and immerse younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, yourself in to return home with and share at Temple Israel. thinking that she will be back within a few hours. I am Andrea Foster, an ALEPH rabbinic student and will Paris, May 2002: On Vel' d 'Hiv's 60th anniversary,jour­ be glad to answer your questions. I am available at nalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this [email protected]. I look forward to seeing you at black day in France's past. Through her contemporary Kallah this summer. investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life. Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait ofFrance under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode.

JEWISH CAMPING FOR EVERYONE

Special Needs Camping

INCLUSION AT THE URJ CAMPS

The URJ Camps are committed to providing a Reform Jewish Camping experience to all children, including those with special needs. Our Inclusion Coordinators, trained professionals hired by each camp to support campers with special needs, are prepared to work with caregivers and professionals to plan for and provide a fulfilling camp experience for your child. If your child has special needs, please reach out to the inclusion profes:,ionals at our URJ Camps to discuss any accom- modations or support systems that . ensure the success of your child. we can put In place to

10 CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED MARCH 11, 2009-APRIL 10, 2009

Descriptions of funds can be found in Rabbi David M. Horowitz Dr. Mark L. Wein Special Events the Temple Israel Yearbook and on the Campership Fund Fund Temple website. Rochelle & Alvin Lieberman in memory Cynthia & Marvin Wein in memory of of Eva Greenber~er; Toby and Rabbi Carolyn Lockshin, Eva Greenberger, Ron Rose Smith Arenson Floral Fund l David Horowitz for the recovery of Schneiderman and Randy Geller; for the Erni Newman in memory of Eva Jennifer Barnhouse. recovery of Ann Kauvar, Jerry Holub and Greenberger. Marilyn Burg; Vivian & Bernard Baerl in memory of Dr. Mark Wein. Endowment Fund Saul Isroff Music Fund Frances Pules in memory of beloved Karen & Manuel Nackes for the recovery mother, Rose Katzman; Edith & Milt of Milt Wiskind; in honor of Toby & Dr. Irwin R. Weiner Leadership Wiskind in memory of Eva Greenberger Rabbi David Horowitz's anniversary. Development Fund and Joseph Fishman; in honor of Scott Linda Weiner in memory of Randy Geller; th Jaffe's special birthday. in honor of the 35 birthday of Jacqueline Gertrude Miller Hebrew Studies th Fund and the 8 birthday of Ariel Cymerman. Joseph and Laura Lee Garf"mkel Ruth Mossl in memory of Eva Music & Cultural Fund Greenberger. William Weisberger Memorial Fund Laura Lee Garfinkel in memory of Eva Carole & Bob Weisberger in honor of Rogovy Greenberger, Louis Ratener, Rabbi's Discretionary Fund Alex Horowitz and Miryam Lipper being in Sam Alexander and Sophie Leuchtag; Monette & Fred Vigderl in memory of Purim Ball. Lici Calderon in memory of Carolyn Louis Vigder. Lockshin. I Silver Donation $25-$49 Shabbat Shelly Fund 2 Gold Donation $50-$99 Gedaliah Gertz Education Center 2 3 Diamond Donation $100+ Estelle & Donald Kaufman in memory 4 Prayer Book Dedication Endowment Fund of Arthur Katz; Nancy & Warren DJ and Ted Mims general contribution. Walfish in memory of Eva Rogovy Greenberger; Dorothy Goldenberg in Reba Holub NFTY-NELR Fund memory of Eva Rogovy Greenberger; Margy & Jerry Holub for the recovery Ruth Silver in memory of Jack Silver; of Dick Chenoweth and Stan Schneider­ Barbara & Marvin Wolfson in memory From the Plain Dealer man; in memory of Randy Geller and of Joseph Fishman; Anita & Bill Bloch Ronald Schneiderman; in honor of the in memory of Ronald Schneiderman; Fran According to a study by the Centers for appointment of Linda Kersker to the Mu­ Pules & Herbert Fisher for the recovery Disease Control and Prevention, people nicipal Court; Meredith & Jason Krootl of Sandy Coran. who go to church/ regularly in memory of William SiIlins; Karen & live eight years longer than those who go Manuel Nackes for the recovery of Jerry infrequently or not at all. Holub.

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MAY 2009 CALENDAR SERVICES HOLIDAYS May 1 Sbabbat Service at 6:00 p'.m. May 12 LagB'Omer MayS Sth Grade Sbabbat FamIly Service at 7:30 p.m. May 29 ShavuotlYizkor All-School Shabbat Dinner Prior to Service May IS Shabbat Healing Service at 6:00 p.m. MEETINGS Sbabbat SbeUy Dinner at 7:00 p.m. May 22 Sbabbat Service at 7:30 p.m. MayS AAIC Meeting-lO:OO a.m. Emily Sigalow/Uri Fridman Aufruf May 19 Temple Board at 7:00 p.m. May2S Erev Sbavuot and ConfIrmation at 7:00 p.m. May 29 ShavuotlYizkor Service at 10:30 a.m. May 29 Sbabbat in tbe Park at 6:00 p.m. SCHOOL May 3,10 and 17 ReUgious Scbool9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. TORAHSTUDY May 3 Hebrew High - 4:30 p.m. May 6 and 13 Hebrew Scllool-4:30 p.m. May 2, 9, 16 and 23 at 9:00 a.m. in the Library, led by May 6, 13 and 20 Confirmation Class-{;:OO p.m. Rabbi Lipper and congregants. Discussion of The Kuzari. May 30 at 9:00 a.m. in the Library. MARK YOUR CALENDARS EVENTS May 3 CROP Walk at 3:00 May 10 Motber's Day Rame May12 Reservations due for May 17 Sisterbood lDStauaU(1II May 24 SigalowlFridman